DISQUS

m · 1 year ago

> Note the copper piping, solder joints, open floor void and general mess that
> is involved in installation and commissioning. This is not something that we
> would want to be going on whilst trying to keep our facility running with a
> full complement of IT equipment on the go.

How else would one manage in-place upgrades and repairs of CRAC?

thehotaisle · 1 year ago

You make an extremely good point, data centers need to be designed to enable this kind of work to go on without impacting service. Maintenance and repair are business as usual activities. They still are mucky and dangerous things to do in a live site. Work plans would usually be structured to do as much of the fabrication outside the raised floor area as possible and keep the place a bit cleaner than the engineer here has done.

Steve

yardley285022 · 3 months ago

However in Asia government backed ventures and state-owned companies have existed and have dominated. Part of the reason Asia did not suffer as much of a melt down as US did this year was due to a strong dictatorial presence of providian.com the government in its largest companies that curbed some creativity, but at least that stopped the crazy innovations Wall Street has conjured up with mortgaged-backed securities and auction rate securities. In 2009 we will see Asia take a step forward as the leading economy to carry the world out of this recession.